David Drebin – debuting in The Netherlands
10. April 2008 Art & Fashion, Calls & Events
Besides Esther Haase, Guido Argentini and Peter Lindbergh, David Drebin is one of THE contemporary stars of fashion photography. Since graduating from Parson School of Design in 1996 Toronto-born Drebin lives and works in New York City.
Soon, he made a name for himself as a visionary ad creator, editorial artist and fashion photographer. Drebin’s independent work has been broadly exhibited in Europe and the United States at venues such as the Fahey Gallery in LA, Camerawork in Berlin and Young Gallery in Brussels and in 2007 his first monograph „ Love & Other Stories” has been published.David Drebin´s world is lush, opulent and glamorous. In ordinarily appearing scenes, Drebin predominantly stages beautiful, erotic and autarkic woman in a calculated play with light and shadows, forms and colors. On first sight, the photographer shows the world of the young, the beautiful and the rich. On second sight, Drebin´s photographs transport sizzling emotions and moods that touch the viewer immediately.
You can see David Drebin´s first exhibition „Sexy Funny, Funny Sexy” in The Netherlands till 12th April in TORCH gallery Amsterdam.
DREBIN BY DREBIN
“I decided to become a photographer over 10 years ago strictly because I wanted to understand my own imagination and what I really thought about other human beings.I guess one could call it Fashion photography even though I have yet to put myself in any category.I love Fashion but I am more fascinated by the people who wear the fashion than the actual fashion hence the photograph of the person who happens to wear the fashion without intending to be a fashion photograph but merely a photograph…self involved but not self conscious necessarily.
I like pictures that are often dupilicitous and have hidden meanings that are ultimately gripping and stay in mind far beyond the moment of looking at the picture for the first time.I like the pictures that the picture I am looking at makes me think about in my own imagination. l I like pictures that often say one thing but mean another…maybe that is what is now referred to as “narrative” photography.
I am a big fan of Richard Avedon because of his process of taking pictures probably more than any individual image he ever took.He always seemed to want to bring something out of the person more than just take a pretty picture.I like his seemingly constant attempt to reveal some sort of truth.I am after the same thing. i also love the pictures of Guy Bourdin even though I have no idea what his process was for doing what he did.
I just liked the glamourous element within his work.
I don’t really have a favourite image that I have taken so far but I guess the girl flashing cars over the highway is one because it is a person living and loving it it seems to me. I also love the girl in the red dress…where is she going?? Where is she coming from?? I like the pictures within my pictures.I hope you do too. (From younggalleryphoto.com)
Photos by David Drebin
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